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d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank] >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now bbs world news. >> welcome to bbs. we are in sing borrow. >> anti-corruption protests across india, 13 killed including a former m.p. as violence continues in pakistan's largest city. >> rebels claim a breakthrough after colonel gaddafi's forces. and nations pledge $350 million to fight familiarin in somalia with the warning that 405,000 could starve to death. >> broadcasting to viewers on cbs in america and around the world. >> the indian anti-corruption campaign said he is agreed to let police let him go in a public park for 15 days. he was greeted by cheers outside the police station where he has been held since tuesday. the police insisted he could fast for only three days. >> outside the prison where he has been detained, protestors watch and wait and a compromise appears to have been reached. the police have a

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they had trusts, steel trusts, oil trusts, sugar trusts, john d. rockefeller, richest man in the history of the world and it was said about him that he had done everything to the pennsylvania state legislature except for refine it. the legislatures were literally owned by the corporations and they chose the senators. so the senate was owned by corporations. and you know, warren harding in 1921, when there was union strikes in west virginia, 10,000 union workers, he asked the united states air force to drop bombs on them. and he was in the pocket of the coal industry. that's what happened. we lost our democracy. how did it get restored? a few really courageous journalists who are doing what you are doing today, like sinclaire and you had politicians back then, teddy roosevelt, who was willing to stand up to what he called the benefactors of great wealth and put the bit into the mouths -- they passed a graduated income tax that forced corporations to pay their fair share. they passed union laws and allowed unions to organize which created the middle

. >> tom: exxon mobil is a direct descendant of john d. rockefeller's standard oil company. rockefeller began as an entrepreneur who built an empire. many immigrants are trying to follow in those footsteps. many of the biggest u.s. brands, including apple, google, at&t , ebay, general electric, i.b.m. and mcdonald's owe their origin to a founder who was an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. one businessman in chicago is trying to make his way to that list. diane eastabrook has his story. >> this is what i imagine... >> reporter: inside this fourth floor condominium, a fledgling business empire is blossoming. >> the idea is, we're going to have a feature that sells other products. >> reporter: 27-year-old indian immigrant aksh gupta and his business partners are tweaking their year-and-a-half-old internet company timetoplaytennis.com. >> the site sells unused court time at local tennis clubs and lessons to consumers. >> reporter: gupta wants to expand into tennis equipment sales and other services. >> for consumers, it's a great way to buy, compare and shop. >> reporter:

monopolists like john d. rockefeller and j. p. morgan became the leader of our finance establishment that wielded more day-to-day power than the government itself. without the inconvenience obligation to answer to the judgment of any electorate. for the sale of the pond but the point of the story of course is that the president of the united states turns to a private banker to bail out the government. that was more power than the government itself had. the social primghar and as some of that era dictated the corporate competition even if it resulted in some of nalubaale must remain free of restraint, especially government restraint. the result produced fabulous returns for the investing class is at the cost of great hardship for the working masses. conservatives became what it to morg och chat an unfettered capitalism was indispensable toe the survival of democracy.viva that marriage has endured. these were ingrained ideasward. these were ingrained ideas raised to the level of feel logical dogma with little apparent concern for th

i have friends and family who are wonderful mind husband john who was there for all of us. >> how d was your dad doing? >> he was on medicare but if you were on dialysis you qualify for medicare for the transplant. up to 2006 they only paid for the drugs is that allows to keep the kidney for four or five years but since then, they let you do it infinitum. >> are you worried that you only have one kidney? >> i don't think like that. i'm not worried about that. no, i'm not worried, at ucsf, donors are first in line in anything happens. i'm heap. i got both parents. i've got a great working kidney. >> we've got 20 seconds left. it's very easy to get a kidney donor card. >> go on theirte and get your family to fill them out. >> fantastic. i'm so glad that you here and thank you for updating. >> we go back so far. >> reporter: that is going to do it for this segment, but coming up, some of the common m these sweehoney clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never hear

for ten years, and fran towns d townsend, who advised president bush. john, i want to start with you, because there are competing interests here. we should want to honor these heroes. and yet there are pressures from commanders to the defense secretary saying in 22 of these cases there are navy s.e.a.l.s, your comrades and colleagues, who covert units and could their families be at risk if the names are publicly disclosed? what's your take on that? >> i think the commanders are absolutely right, you know, we do what we do, we're not looking for thank yous, you don't need to know a soldier's name to pray for a soldier, you don't need to know a soldier's name to say thank you. the problem is operational security, if you know their names you could put pieces together and then the men and women who serve have a threat at home or maybe their families. i think the operational commanders are absolutely right. >> fran, how do you deal with the competing interests in the sense that some of these families themselves, because they want us to know the stories of th

. >> bill: here now fox business anchor john stossel see him at fbn. does d. that lady say we had competent people. >> she did. we are looking for them day and night. >> bill: where with they? when you speak to people, i branded them and you can use this because you need this on your fbn show. you know they have bugs, no see em. >> i heard you say this. >> bill: people don't know anything. >> no thinkems. i'm trying to get a gauge on what percentage of the population that is when you speak to people and do you this a lot. do most of them know what they are talking about? >> no. and also, it's hard for me to know. i think the would say oh, john stossel, and they are willing to talk. are the people who watch news shows. they are more informed. i think most people are too busy living their own lives. they don't pay attention to the stuff. that's why when we say we have to cut some things, they scream so hard. they don't see the seriousness of the problem. >> bill: the big picture. when you say they are living their lives. isn't part of their life respecting and t

but buy the d v.a.-- dvd because it supports them. >> john, they wonder if obama loses the election should he go to the wall?

uptupper mentioned earlier you d things like st. john's square, gated parks, a key to those people who were on the periphery. central park was open to everyone, and, you know, even early in the game there were a lot of different people mixing and mingling. maybe not as many as there should be, and maybe they were walking with their hands behind their backs as opposed to playing sports and rolling around in the grass and so forth, but, at least -- >> but i also think, um, you know, he put dairies in both central and prospect because that is a way for poor people to get milk because there wasn't pasteurization yet. he was a lot of social reform was very important to him. he had a friend, mr. brace, who was -- i learned a lot about in your book -- who was the children's aid society guy. and he really wanted to make healthy living for young people who were kept in terrible conditions, um, sometimes had to work seven, five or six days a week. so i think he did a lot more than anybody else had thought about doing in a public space and bel

[inaudible] >> i am john hart from the university of pittsburgh. we worked with w q e d in pittsburgh to produce a documentary and had a grand opening and surviving tuskegee airmen who came from pennsylvania. one thing we were told was there is a larger than normal amount of african-americans who came from pittsburgh in the pennsylvania area. the other thing was i did a news release and there was a story about eleanor roosevelt where there was an actual black pilot and she agreed to go up and everyone said don't do this. she went up and sure that black pilots were capable of being fighters. is that story true and what can you tell me about the pittsburgh and western pennsylvania area? >> i will start with the second part of your question. the gist of that story is true. but that distorts it a little bit. mrs. roosevelt was in tuskegee in 1939 or 1940 for a board meeting of the roosevelt fund. she was on the board of directors of the fund responsible for doing lots of things, mainly building schools for african-american children in rural areas. she

mccain going over to get through those talking actually all we've got you imagine u m d's there's no question about it he negotiated in the way this is this is well known and and what and where did they go and what they gave about the international inspectors as a result of the iraq war he told the view telling prime minister he was scared what happened to saddam i didn't want to happen to him that was moved to how to deal and become part of the league of nations and become legitimate is by the way start selling his oil to us and get a lot of money from the be another reason but what he told the italian prime minister is that he was scared what he saw in iraq and you believe berlusconi i do i do believe that he was was that it was anything but a little bit what it was he was going at the time but i think i think you're sort of missing a larger point i think a lot of republicans have learned a lesson that they don't want to start waving banners and say mission accomplished because mission has not yet been accomplished what obama's done has been good and he's good getting rid of gadhaf

. >> john, you said president obama will start raising money as of now? he and the d and c raised $86 million from now until june. >> i think this is the beginning -- the prelude to the campaign proper. his bus tour, all of that. >> also you said joe biden can drink. >> he just looks like an uncle. >> he doesn't drink at all. >> he looks like he could. >> several members of his mother's family was alcoholics as was his younger brother, franky. >> what does he drink? >> ouls, i think. >> judith, you agree that the rebate for these electric cars is $13,500. i believe the federal tax credit is $7500. >> is that before or after the debt ceiling deal? >> it doesn't say. >> have you been stumped. >> you made a joke about the government making people buy electric cars the same way they are doing with healthcare. i actually believe that's not beyond the realm of possibility. >> you don't think it is in the government's constitutional theory to buy stuff? >> it is in the interstate commerce clause clearly. >> hot dogs increase risk of cancer. visitors to a nascar

d -- saddam hussain himself was not the problem. i do not think colonel gaddafi will try to influence things here. he will just gradually fade in people's mind. >> john simpson speaking to me from tripoli. in nigeria, 18 people were killed when a car bomb ripped through the united nations headquarters. the u.n. general -- you wind capital -- the you can secretary to iran-- the -- the u.n. secretary-general condemned the attack. >> two stories were destroyed and many of those with and. >> the security agents just came around. i saw the whole window shattered. the other portion of the building was actually collapse. >> it is the worst attack on a u.n. building in over three years. suspicion fell on the local extremist group. the group called the bbc in nigeria to claim responsibility. this marks a major escalation. up until now, their targets were mainly nigerian officials. they are radical nigerian is lummis. they believe western education -- they are radical nigerian islamists. they have killed 250 people in the last year after a fa

they vote ed d to raise the deb ceiling through the end of 2012. government spending by over $2 trillion in the next decade. we caught up with john boehner right after the vote. >> what do you think the message is for the american people tonight? >> the process workses. it may not be pretty, but it works. >> next up, a noon vote in the senate where the plan is supposed to get a green light. then it's onto the president's desk with hour to spare before the president say it can no longer pay america's billing. >>> tropical storm em will i is churning through the caribbean this morning, heading northwest and triggering watches and warnings in the dominican republic, puerto rico, and the virgin islands. we're keeping an eye on emily. it shows the storm tracking close to florida by the weekend but it is still early know where it's headed. >>> polygamist leader warren jeffs says he's quoting god. he filed this on saturday telling the judge to recuse herself. he's accused of taking two child brides ages 12 and 15, sexually assaulting them. one of the girl

of those bad mortgage bonds which the ratings agencies graded triple a when in reality they were a d or and which makes you wonder if the ratings agencies themselves deserve a downgrade lauren lyster r.t. washington d.c. . john charlie was forced to admit an oil leak from a platform also the coast of scotland which has released two hundred tons of crude into the north sea said to be the worse for the world in a decade began five days ago but it was only acknowledged by the company two days later and it's now being given widespread coverage but was virtually ignored by media organizations for several days that's no surprise to. events on the show that people plan that suited organization who believes it's not the first time the government has been complicit in the oil industry coverup. i think the people who are used to dealing with cho wouldn't be surprised at all about the lack of communication it's worth remembering that it was only a few days ago that they admitted after years of lollies and cover up their role in the enormous spills across nigeria this company has never let the t

. >> you are john huntsman jr. who is john huntsman sr. what is your relationship like with your dad and what d he teach you about business? >> he is a great man. he is not only my dad, but my best friend. he is a great american entrepreneur, great family business success story that we were all part of building in life. as with any family business, you start small and you build it up. if y're lucky enough, some years it hits the wall economally. you faceire times. in other years, you do reasonably well. he is a man who has taught me first and foremost before we ever had a family business, service to your community. it doesn't matter what your background is, what your economic means are, you serve your community. you leave it a better place. that was always something that he instilled in me at a very, very young age. number two, the importance of hard work, which i started doing at a very, very young age, either as a dishwasher having a lawn company selling records door to door, in fact i worked with my wife in a restaurant when i was 16 ye

willing to negotiate his weapons away i think lindsey graham and and weapons the lindsey graham and john mccain going over to mill about those get through not those who were talking actually but we've got to imagine u m d's you know he had a there's no question about it he negotiated in the way this is this is well known and and what and where did they go and what if they gave about the international inspectors as a result of iraq war you told of you telling prime minister he was scared what happened to saddam i didn't want to have to hear that was. how to deal and become part of the league of nations and become legitimate is by the way start selling his oil to us and get a lot of money from i'll leave you know the reason but what he told the italian prime minister is that he was scared what he saw in iraq and you believe there was going to. do i do believe that he was there which i needed to look at all what it was going at the time but i think i think you're sort of missing the larger point i think a lot of republicans have learned a lesson they don't want to start waving banners and s

and the john chalmers for studs may have an oily plot holes the coast of scotland which has released more than two hundred tonnes of crude into the north sea set to be if it was full and more than a decade began five days ago. it was only acknowledged by the company two days later and it's now being given it widespread coverage but was virtually ignored by media organizations for several days that's no surprise to adam ramsay manager of their people and planet student organization who believes it's not the first time the government has been complicit in all industry cover ups i think the people who are used to dealing with show wouldn't be surprised at all about the lack of communication it's worth remembering that it was only a few days ago that they admitted after years of lies and cover up their role in the enormous spills across nigeria this company has never let the truth or in fact people's lives or the environment get in the way of getting the way of their profit margin so so i think we certainly don't know for sure how bad it is but we do know that this is a serious spill we

"the smurfs 3-d" and "cowboys and aliens" were tied for first place. both opened with 36-point-two million dollars in earnings. tual rankings won >>> cowboys and ailens tied for first place. $36 million in earnings. >>> captain america the first avengers flip to number 3. "harry potter and the deathly hallows" part ii crossed the $1 billion mark at the world wide box office this weekend. the last of the eight films. the first of the series earned almost $975 million in 2001. "avatar" with the biggest record earning 2.8 billion. titanic number 2 at 1.8 billion. >>> eight days after her death amy winehouse's album back to black is back on top of the british charts. the debut album frank went to number 5. she was found dead of unknown causes of her london home after years of struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. she was 27 years old. >>> serena williams goes for her first title in over a year. i'm dennis o'donnell. and if we are going to pack this sports minute we will need help with speedy guys in the nhra. the minute is next. bank of the west fina

the senate is expected to take up this plan tomorrow, tomorrow being d-day. the government runs out of the authority to borrow money at midnight tomorrow night. the president waiting for this legislation to reach his desk. the vote as it plays out, a few minutes remaining in the vote. you need 216 to get to final passage. as you can see right there, a bit of politics going on. 149 republicans have voted yea. only 19 democrats. this is the house floor, we're moments away from the conclusion of this vote, the democratic controlled senate will take this up next. as we watch this vote, dramatic breaking news. more details in a minute, but let's bring into the conversation kate baldwin. when the speaker walked by you moments ago you asked the right question, you didn't get a verbal answer, but he gave you a bit of a nod. he seems to think finally he's going to get a plan out of the house and senate? >> he's smiling more today than he was earlier -- they were getting votes for his original bill. i think there's more a more optimistic mood. >> you have the votes ton

she wrote the shortest dear john letter in history. mister, that, have decided it would be best to me not to lack of your proposal. in haste, louisa may alcott. we figured out that was. we think he was a maker of hats. she had suitors but wanted to be a free spinster and peddle her own canoe. she had a lot of passengers in that the new and paddled very hard to pay back the debts that they owed. it took years to pay them off. she paid her sister's final dr. bill ten years after her sister died. any other questions? >> do you have descriptive excerpts in the book about what she thought of henry david thoreau and emerson and frederick douglass and harriet tubman after meeting them and talking about them? >> there was some. she doesn't say anything about harriet tubman. she describes john brown's widow and daughter who came to board with the alcotts after john brown was executed. she talked about sitting between mr. and mrs. frederick douglass at a funeral for one of the great abolitionist of boston. shea talked-about theodore parker who w

all the food comes from local farms within 100 miles of the restaurant, and farmers like john get to put a face on the people growing the food that this community is eating. >> and it's kind of, you know, to introduce the, you know, the public to the local farmers, d, you know, kind of get the farmers, you know, out from behind the tents from the farmers market, or actually out in bront of the public so they can shake hands. and, you know, people--especially nowadays, people want to know where the food's coming from, which is important. so this is just another avenue to be able to do that. >> well, so often, like, when you're picking food and selling it, you just pick it, you put it in a box, and it disappears. and you don't actually get to see the people that are eating it. so it has a huge impact on me to, like, just be able to put a face with whom i'm feeding. >> so as the seasons change at rio gozo farm, one thing remains constant: john's love of produce and people. and that's a connection that won't be broken soon, for him, and he hopes for others, too. >> and, yeah, we all gott

. >> and i'm john vause. let's get you caught up on the latest headlines right now. >>> parts of tripoli remain volatile and dangerous as rebels fight forces loyal to muammar gadhafi. rebels are still looking for the lib libyan leader and at one point they thought they had him surrounded but he remains at large. the only sign of him was an audio message urging his supporters to keep up the fight >>> the national transitional council says it has begun moving its headquarters from benghazi to tripoli. the ntc says several offices are already operating there >>> meanwhile the united nations has released $1.5 billion in frozen libyan assets for humanitarian aid. >>> another big story, thousands of people are leaving their homes as hurricane irene heads for the u.s. east coast. some airline flights and rail routes have been canceled. dozens of events have been postponed. earlier the category 3 storm barrelled through the bahamas with heavy rain and high winds, but no deaths or injuries have been reported. 56 >>> y

pro -- john boehner will do what he does every summer, work on his tan. con -- then hit the "jersey shore" clubs and try to convince drunk girls he's pauly d. [ laughter ] "it's t-shirt time." [ laughter ] pro -- michele bachmann is looking forward to relaxing. con -- this is what michele bachmann looks like when she's relaxing. come on! [ laughter ] that's just a unfair cover. >> steve: that's not -- [ laughter ] i'm gonna take the picture in 3, 2, 1 -- not yet, wait -- and take it. >> jimmy: all right, come on, pose in 3, 2, and, almost, not, yet, and, and, and -- no? and -- not happening, hold on. oh, i took it, i took it, i took it. i got it, i got it, no problem, i got it. [ laughter ] it's gonna be on the magazine cover. no problem. >> steve: and let me take it again, let me take it again. oh, my -- oh, my god, it's hitler's ghost! gah! [ laughter ] got it. >> jimmy: pro -- john mccain went to disney world and visited space mountain. con -- halfway down the ride, his pants visited splash mountain. [ laughter ] it's a scary ride. >> steve: splash mou

the correct answer to the gps trial answer was d, at a police academy on the outskirts of cairo. it was formerly called the mubarak academy. >>> you're in the cnn newsroom, sunday august 7th, i'm joe johns in for fredericka whitfield, tim geithner will discuss the u.s. downgrade during a conference call with representatives of other g-7 nations. the financial world is waiting to see how asian markets will react to the downgrade announced after the end of trading on friday. it's already monday in eastern asia and financial markets will open in a few hours. there's already evidence that downgrade is making some investors very nervous, mid eastern markets were open today and prices fell 3.7% and israeli market closed down more than 6%. kevin flower is in jerusalem. >> what analysts are telling us, this is not only a market reaction to the credit downgrade in the united states but also a response to broader losses posted last week and on friday on global markets. >> coming up in about a half hour, richard quest will join us from london to talk about the global markets. more than 45,0

d a former fbi investigator david williams will discuss the fbi's role in combating terrorism. w.j." is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> david cameron was in his constituency today talking about the riots in london and other british cities. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. all warm welcome. on behalf of the young people, the staff, is really good to see you. that you've glad made the time to come here, especially the young people. i'm sure you're appreciated the calls quaking you to get here on time. it is my great pleasure and privilege to ask you to welcome the prime minister, the right honorable david cameron. >> thank you very much for that. it is great to be back here. i can see it has not got any cooler since i last met a speech in here. but very grateful of you to come. it is time for our country to take stock. last week we saw some of the most sickening acts on our streets. i'll never forget talking to maurice reeves, whose family had run the reeves furniture store in croydon for generations. this was an 80 year old man who had seen the business he